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Old Hollywood Is New Again, At Least When It Comes to Eyewear
... that looks like it was plucked straight from a movie poster. Armani's plastic-trimmed frames call to mind Burt Lancaster's glasses from 1957's Sweet Smell of Success. Go to Armani.com. These Tory Burch sunglasses channel Audrey Hepburn's 1961 ... Comment?
... Gantry, a drunken, dishonest street preacher who latched on with a traveling tent revival, was portrayed by Burt Lancaster. FAITH HEALERS were held in low esteem in my 1950s teenage mind because of an incident that occurred with some octogenarian ... Comment?
At the Dryden: Local Hero
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... executive to a man who is able to just enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Supporting him is acting legend Burt Lancaster, playing MacIntyre's boss. Enthusiastic as usual, Lancaster makes his boss character very warm and open-minded, rather than ... Comment?
My breakfast with Breitbart
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... blog and we're reprinting it here: "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." -- Burt Lancaster as J. J. Hunsecker in "The Sweet Smell of Success" Following my breakfast with Breitbart , I spent the rest of the morning and ... Comment?
My breakfast with Breitbart
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... blog and we're reprinting it here: "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." --Burt Lancaster as J. J. Hunsecker in "The Sweet Smell of Success" Following my breakfast with Breitbart , I spent the rest of the morning and ... Comment?
Breakfast with Breitbart
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... Republican Party Spring Convention. "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." --Burt Lancaster as J. J. Hunsecker in "The Sweet Smell of Success" Following my breakfast with Breitbart , I spent the rest of the morning and ... Comment?
Weekly DVD Alert Fifteen: March 15-March 22, 2010
... Dassin thriller about some convicts preparing to smash their way off the drain-pipe detail and on to freedom. Burt Lancaster [in, I think, his feature-film debut], Vince Barnett and Hume Cronyn star. 6AM-8AM, FMC: NIGHTMARE ALLEY, 110m. Tyrone ... Comment?
'Elmer Gantry' tells American tale via American music
... satirical 1926 Sinclair Lewis novel of the same name, a story many Americans know from the 1960 film starring Burt Lancaster. "The book is really the great American novel about religion," Garfein said, "but we both felt that you don't find that in ... Comment?
Dir. Fred Zinnemann . This quintessential service drama, set on an Oahu army base in late 1941, exemplifies something that ended with The Godfather -a sprawling bestseller transformed into all-star Oscar-bait. The acting bonanza includes Frank Sinatra's comeback turn, cast-against-type perfs by Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed, Burt Lancaster's tough ... Comment?
... I wasn't about to move. I watched the last half of "From Here to Eternity," and when I realized that another Burt Lancaster movie was going to come on, also airing uncut and uninterrupted, and based on a Sinclair Lewis novel, I knew I wasn't going ... Comment?
Culture 101: How to watch movies like a film critic -- focus on the stage
... the Sweet Smell of Success (1957), a sleazeball press agent (Tony Curtis) and sociopathic gossip columnist (Burt Lancaster) played so far against type that audiences ignored the film for years. Snappy dialogue and crisp direction at its best. Art ... Comment?
Old Ass Oscar: Elmer Gantry
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... changing tide in America or one of its causes. The story follows the titular character, played by an on-fire Burt Lancaster, as he fast talks his way into preaching at revivals and into the silk stockings of Sister Falconer (Jean Simmons). He's ... Comment?
Down with the sickness? Go Hollywood
... just how excellent "Eternity" is; no wonder it won eight Oscars, including best picture. What a cast! Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine and Deborah Kerr all star in a melodrama on the eve of Pearl Harbor. ... Comment?
Film Underground Presents: "From Here to Eternity"
... several soldiers stationed in Hawaii. The movie was based on the popular novel by James Jones. Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, and many other familiar names play the main roles in the film, and the action takes place in the months leading up to the ... Comment?
Principal keeps promise, kisses yak
ORANGE The kiss was not "From Here to Eternity" but then again, neither Burt Lancaster nor Deborah Kerr had to kiss Flower the Yak. Comment?
Littwin: Some stories still waiting to be told . . . somewhere
... bottle hidden in a desk drawer. No banging typewriters. No ringing teletypes. I wanted to tell her what Burt Lancaster said in the movie "Atlantic City" when he was looking out at the ocean: You shoulda seen it in the old days. I got my first ... Comment?
Between Reviews: Mass Attacks
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... on a refreshingly offbeat plot for a mass-hero entertainer - " part Vengeance Valley (the glancingly noirish Burt Lancaster Western about a rancher taking in an orphan) and part King Lear (with sons instead of daughters, with only one loyal amongst ... Comment?
Hollywood's shocking reel Indians
... breed. Traditionally they were white actors in bronze body paint, such as Anthony Quinn ( The Plainsman ), Burt Lancaster ( Apache ) and Chuck Connors ( Geronimo ). But even some of Hollywood's most famous "real" Indians had a fake pedigree. Buffalo ... Comment?
Valentine movie night suggestions that husbands will enjoy too
... on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. Set in Hawaii with Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine..what a cast. The African Queen: Katherine Hepburn ... Comment?
Film festival ends on evil note
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... for four Oscars. January 11 : The Killers (1946) An investigator unravels the mystery of a small-town murder. Burt Lancaster's film debut, with Ava Gardner. Based on an Ernest Hemmingway story. January 18 : "Scram. We're taking a week off" January ... Comment?